Impaction

College of Health of Human Services

• Health Science (Option in Community Health Education, Option in School Health Education)
  • Change PSY 100 and BIOL 205 or BIOL 207 and 208 from required Major Preparation Courses to Additional Recommended Preparation Courses
  • Remove all Statistics courses (SOC 170, STAT 108, PSY 110, HDEV 190, or STAT 118) from required Major Preparation Courses
• Hospitality Management
  • Change “ECON 101 or ACCT 201” from required Major Preparation Courses to Additional Recommended Preparation Courses
• Nursing BSN Basic 
  • Change CHEM 140 to “General, Organic, Inorganic, Biochemistry, Allied Health Chemistry or Integrated Chemistry with a Lab” under Major Preparation Courses
  • Nursing school application will eliminate the Test of Essential Academic Skills (TEAS) test and add the Casper Test. In addition, students with volunteer or community service will receive additional consideration. 
• Nursing RN to BSN 
  • Change CHEM 140 to “General, Organic, Inorganic, Biochemistry, Allied Health Chemistry or Integrated Chemistry with a Lab” under Major Preparation Courses

College of Business

• Business Administration (All Options)
  • Change MATH 115 to “MATH 115, MATH 116, MATH 119A, or MATH 122” under Major Preparation Courses

In the vision to strengthen our partnership with the Community Colleges and increase the transfer student pipeline, we are proposing to revise the ‘Local Preference’ statement beginning with the 2025-26 Academic Year. The current definition considers the high school of graduation for local preference and does not consider the Community College last attended. In a vision to improve our partnership with local community colleges, the new definition will also consider the community college attended by the applicant. Below is a description of the current definition and the proposed definition.
 
Current Definition for Local Preference:

• Transfer applicants will receive “Local Preference” for admission consideration based on their high school of graduation. The same geographic boundaries used to determine local area high schools for freshmen are also used to determine local preference for incoming transfers. 

 
Proposed Definition for Local Preference:

• Transfer applicants will receive “Local Preference” for admission consideration based on the high school of graduation or community college they last attended. For the high school of graduation, the same geographic boundaries used to determine local area high schools for freshmen will be used to determine local preference for incoming transfers.  Local preference will also be extended to applicants who attended Long Beach City College, Cerritos College, Golden West College, Coastline Community College, or Orange Coast College, with the majority of units completed and last school attended at these institutions.  
   
• For applicants to programs with the designation of “highly impacted”, such as Music, Dance, BFA programs, or Nursing, which undergo departmental review and faculty consideration, these programs fall outside of the guarantee. However, CSULB will offer a 0.1 GPA bump in consideration of admissions, to be capped at a 4.0 GPA, further enhancing their admissions consideration and ensuring local preference for our local area students.
   

We invited interested parties to attend public hearings to learn more about the proposal and ask questions. Below is a compilation of all public comments received:

• 1/26/24: Extending local area designation to include local community colleges would make access more equitable for local students.  Most of our students want to transfer to CSULB since we are only 8 miles away, but many do not meet local designation because they attended high school in Garden Grove or have moved to CA from another state.
   
• 1/26/24: I am a graduate intern at Cerritos College and Golden West College. As I look to become a community college counselor I support the push to open access to students at these institutions to gain access to an educational institution like Cal State Long Beach
   
• 1/26/24: I am a counselor and co-coordinator of the Puente Project, and I support GWC in gaining local status to CSU Long Beach because our faculty prepares our students to be successful at GWC which will reflect at CSULB. Also, our students are fabulous and have dreams of attending CSULB which is only 8 miles away, but went to a non-local high school. I'm a proud non-local alumni of CSULB and want to share my wonderful experience there with all GWC students. Please consider Golden West, Coastline, and Orange Coast Community Colleges for local status. Go Beach!
   
• 1/26/24: Allowing GWC to be considered a local campus for recruitment to CSULB opens opportunities for our culturally diverse, first-generation, and socio-economic challenged students. This change to policies and procedures from CSULB allows us to increase access to transfer opportunities for these specific student populations. Please create an additional path of access for the students to obtain their 4 year degrees!
   
• 1/26/24: As the new President of Golden West College, I was delighted to see the proposal to grant local status to Golden West.  It has been unfortunate that some of our students are not able to have that status based on which high school they attended.  Our college serves many Hispanic and Asian students who can add to the diversity at CSULB and more important, deserve to have the local status advantage.  And CSULB is a top choice for our transfers being only 8 miles away.  I am prepared to help make this a reality in any way that I can!
   
• 1/26/24: I work in the GWC Counseling office as the Division Coordinator and so happy to hear that GWC is now considered a local school to CSULB. I talk to so many students whose dream is to attend CSULB!! Giving GWC local status will help many students live out their dream by being accepted and attending CSULB. As an alum (and current grad student), I love telling students how amazing and life changing CSULB is :)
   
• 1/26/24: Adding Golden West College as a local college to CSULB would be a great way to provide more opportunity to support the diverse student populations that we serve and will create a clear transfer pathway for all GWC students, increasing transfer to CSULB.
   
• 1/26/24: I am the VPSS at Golden West College and I support GWC gaining local status to CSULB for the following reasons:
  * We are an HSI and serve Southeast Asian students - we need to increase transfer rates for these students and it will increase access to a diverse student body
  * GWC is only 8 miles from CSULB 
  * GWC students will receive uniform transfer information for CSULB, which is important to eliminate confusion.
   
• 1/26/24: I am the current Academic Senate President, and former Chair of the Counseling Department, and a member of the GWC community for 30 years this Fall.  I support GWC gaining local status to CSU Long Beach for the following reasons:
  * GWC admits approximately 3,000 students each Fall semester from feeder high school districts, where CSULB would currently consider them "non-local".
  * GWC hosts approximately 29 high schools annually to recruit students who would be considered "non-local" to CSULB under current practices.
  * GWC is approximately 8 miles from CSULB, making it the most opportune school to attend for transfer students.
  * Students declare their desire to attend CSULB on a regular basis without understanding local area preference.
  * Golden West College is  prepared to market transfer to CSULB's excellent programs with approximately 700 ADT's earned per year by GWC students.
   
• 1/26/24:I am a VP of Instruction at Golden West College and am an alumna of CSULB Ed.D. program. I support GWC gaining local status to CSU Long Beach for the following reasons. As an HSI and AANAPISI campus, it is important that we support the transfer pathway for these students to CSULB. Our students are local and GWC is less than 10 miles from CSULB campus. Our diverse student population will thrive at CSULB with its diversity and DEIA efforts. Thank you.
   
• 1/29/24: I am an EOPS Counselor and I support GWC gaining local status to CSU Long Beach because we get to provide GWC with uniform transfer information for CSULB so it helps when everyone is local, we serve HSI and Southeast Asian students which local status would help increase transfer rates for these students, we are local to CSULB by only being 8 miles away, and lastly, GWC students are the best and deserve to be at a prestigious institution such as CSULB where they will thrive and excel.
   
• 1/29/24: I am a Transfer Center Staff member at Golden West College. Adding Golden West College to the list of Local Preferences would make a positive impact to our students as most tend to gravitate to CSULB due to the proximity. Many students from the HBUSD come to GWC to continue their education after high school. Adding GWC to the local preference list will also advantage our students who are not local, rather than disadvantage.
   
• 1/30/24: As the current MESA Director at Golden West College, I support Golden West College gaining Local Preference status for many reasons. 
  Golden West College was recently accepted as one of the newest sites for the statewide Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) program. MESA statewide serves students across the educational pathway through three complementary segments: at High Schools through MESA College Prep, at Community Colleges to produce transfer-ready STEM students, and at Universities to help students successfully earn STEM Bachelor’s degrees. The California Community College Chancellor's Office (CCCCO) best sums up the community college arm of MESA: Established over 40 years ago, the California Community College MESA Programs help underserved and underrepresented students majoring in calculus-based STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) fields who seek to transfer to a four-year institution.
  MESA has several guiding objectives, components and responsibilities clearly outlined in CCCCO programming documents. Here are just a few that relate specifically to improving student transfer rates, facilitating student transfer, and improving the transfer pipeline:  
  -    Increase the number of economically and educationally disadvantaged students pursuing degrees in mathematics, engineering, science, and technology who are eligible to transfer to a four-year institution. 
  -    Improve efficient processes and practices and utilize existing college transfer centers to garner greater MESA student transfers to four-year institutions. 
  -    Coordinate efforts with the campus Matriculation and Articulation Officers and Transfer Center Directors in order to facilitate community college MESA student transfers to four-year institutions. 
  -    Establish/maintain strong partnerships with four-year institutions serving historically underrepresented students in STEM areas and local MESA CSU and UC STEM programs, MESA University Programs and MESA College Prep Programs for a smooth transfer for MESA students to continue on the road to completing their educational goals. 
  -    The MESA Program Director will maintain contacts and encourage the formation of a pipeline and pathway for students between MESA and four-year colleges and universities.
  One of my first priorities is to establish relationships with our top transfer universities, of which CSULB is #1. As the former Graduation Specialist Advisor within the College of Engineering and Computer Science (COE) at CSULB, I have strong connections with the college, including the existing MESA Program within COE, and across the university (including CNSM and UAC).  
  Establishing Local Priority for Golden West College:
  -    Aligns with the MESA Statewide goal of increasing transfer rates for first-generation, low-income students in STEM; can increase CSULB’s likelihood of receiving state recognition, funding and support
  -    Aligns with CSULB’s own current MESA program, and own university priorities that led to establishing a MESA program
  -    Increases the number of Hispanic and Southeast Asian students transferring to CSULB and contributes to a more diverse student body
  -    Further strengthens students desire to apply to CSULB over other local universities